Thierry Breton

How Europe’s defense industry should become stronger 2024-03-07 03:51:12

A Ukrainian soldier carries a 155 mm grenade to a self-propelled howitzer near Bakhmut. Image: dpa The member states buy weapons and ammunition outside the EU for 80 percent of their arms budget. This quota should be reduced to half. However, the Commission only has 1.5 billion euros available for this. Dhe EU foreign policy … Read more

Brussels urges to boost the European defense industry to rearm against the threat from Russia |

The EU increasingly fears that the war will not stop at the border with Ukraine and intends to prepare its states for any contingency. The high representative for Foreign and Security Policy of the EU, Josep Borrell, launched a resounding message this Tuesday in the presentation of the European strategy to strengthen the defense industry … Read more